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by SallySwanSmith 2610 days ago
That "No Thanks, I hate to save money" is a classic dark pattern designed to manipulate people. There's tons of articles about how damaging they are to users perceptions of the interactions (Example https://www.nngroup.com/articles/shaming-users/ ). I honestly closed the browser and didn't give the content any look due to it, as if you're going to try to shame me into giving you my email address, you're not going to play fair with anything else.
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Thank you for your opinion. I agree, and will rephrase it later today. I have tried to be very forthcoming about what the site is about, sticking my affiliate link disclaimer on top of every page, so I sincerely do not want to have a popup that makes people vomit!